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Retro games
I spoke to the man behind Lowtek Games.
Too many games, too little time.
I interviewed the people behind it for The Guardian.
But at a steep asking price…
For a massive six-page feature in Retro Gamer.
Eleven heaven.
The MIGHTY BEINGS of Amiga Power DISSEMINATE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION on how the magazine was made.
Ubisoft’s excellent 2003 cel-shaded shooter is getting the remake treatment in November. Quelle surprise!
I wrote a feature for Retro Gamer about the Casio Loopy, an utterly fascinating Japan-only 1990s console that was aimed solely at girls.
The N64 game, despite its crude polygons, holds up surprisingly well in this Switch port from Nightdive Studios.
I did a feature on the Amiga CD32 for the latest issue of the magazine.
Have a listen to this podcast from back in 2011, in which we discuss what made Resident Evil 2 so damn good.
To celebrate the company’s birthday, here’s a classy collection of SNK classics with beautifully polished presentation.
I loved seeing all the historic arcade cabinets and retro consoles at Play Expo Blackpool – but sometimes old games are best left in the past.
Hmmm, interesting list.
What games would you feature on the newly announced PlayStation Classic? I’ve picked out 15 PS1 games that I’d revive in a heartbeat.
I wrote a feature for Eurogamer on the Casio Loopy – a console for girls with a built-in sticker printer.
In the early 1990s, BattleTech Centers – later redubbed Virtual Worlds – featured fully enclosed mech cockpits that put pilots into 3D deathmatches against players across the world.
RIP Bob Wakelin. He created some of the most iconic cover art of the eighties and nineties, but there’s one cover in particular that stands out for me – Wizkid.
The trailer for Super Turrican: Director’s Cut is basically unwatchable because of its extremely rapid cuts.
At the end of the DF Retro video about the upcoming SNES mini, they discuss some of the […]
Zone of the Enders is embarrassingly short, repetitive, packed with piss-poor weapons and has a plot that makes […]
Recently I wrote that Doshin the Giant is one of ten GameCube games that I’d love to see […]
A while back, I set myself the goal of finishing all of the Zelda games I’ve yet to […]
Eurogamer recently reported the rumour that the Nintendo Switch will have support for GameCube games on the Virtual […]
I love old advertisements and marketing material. They in many ways embody a time and place better than […]
As promised, I thought I’d write up a few thoughts on my visit to the wonderful Play Expo […]
I’m off to Play Expo Blackpool on Saturday, for what promises to be a hectic but fun-packed day […]
My article on the Xbox One Rare Replay collection just went up on Kotaku UK. And there’s one […]
What-ho, chums! So, Ms. D’s two lovely sisters came a-visiting recently, and we ended up chatting about their […]
At last, the first of my articles for Kotaku UK has gone live: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/10/13/people-used-download-games-radio Quite a while ago, […]
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